The invention discloses an active
sonar target identification method based on
message passing multi-
hypothesis tracking, and belongs to the technical field of
underwater target detection. The method comprises the following steps: firstly,
processing single-cycle
sonar data by using adaptive constant
false alarm detection, obtaining observation points, and forming an effective observation set through
hierarchical clustering; thirdly, extrapolating the existing target, calculating the association probability of the existing target and the current observation by adopting a
message passing method, and generating a plurality of groups of association hypotheses; then, the target state is corrected through Kalman filtering, target rejection and new management are executed, and a high-probability
hypothesis is reserved; and finally, estimating the motion speed based on the target multi-period position sequence, and distinguishing a static object from a suspicious motion target according to a speed threshold. Through the multi-
hypothesis tracking and probability
message passing mechanism,
clutter interference and static target influence in a complex
underwater environment are effectively overcome, and the stability of target tracking, the accuracy of speed
estimation and the overall reliability of
system identification are remarkably improved.